Biotech Values

[DewDiligence]

Two chimpanzees given a higher dose of the drug had a 350 percent drop in levels of the virus in their blood and liver.

A drop in viral load cannot exceed 100%, so obviously the Reuters newswire is in error. I presume the author meant to say that viral load fell to 1/350 of baseline (a drop of 2.54 logs).

Yet another example of the astonishing arithmetic illiteracy that is prevalent in today’s society.

Thanks for the post—I'll add this drug to the next update of the HCV compilation.